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Matthew Wilkinson is an American organist, residing in Denton, Texas. At the age of 22 he was appointed as the youngest music director in the history of St. Michael’s Anglican Church, the oldest church in Charleston, South Carolina (1751). There he served for six years as organist and choirmaster and had the privilege of developing a thriving choral program, starting a concert series, and performing orchestral works such as Bach’s Magnificat and Vivaldi’s Gloria.

Before moving to Charleston, Matthew received a performance degree in piano from Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, where he was awarded the school’s prestigious Instrumental Performance Award and Presser Scholarship. After serving as music director in Charleston, he moved to Freiburg, Germany, to continue his studies in organ and to have the opportunity to play historical instruments. His teachers have included: Matthias Maierhofer, David Franke, and Vincent Dubois, and he has participated in lessons and masterclasses with Daniel Roth, Ullrich Böhme, Guy Bovet and Robert Hill (cembalo).

In 2020 Matthew performed concerts in Stoermthal, Freiburg, Naumburg, and Memmingen, Germany, was an artist in the Roquevaire International Organ Festival in France, and a semi-finalist in the International Franz Schmidt Organ Competition. This Spring, his recording of Bach’s Clavierübung III on the Trost organ in Waltershausen will be released with Spektral Rekords. He is currently organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Plano and is pursuing his DMA in organ at the University of North Texas with Dr. Jesse Eschbach.